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BALDRIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does baldric mean? 

BALDRIC (noun)
  The noun BALDRIC has 1 sense:

1. a wide (ornamented) belt worn over the right shoulder to support a sword or bugle by the left hipplay

  Familiarity information: BALDRIC used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BALDRIC (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A wide (ornamented) belt worn over the right shoulder to support a sword or bugle by the left hip

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

baldric; baldrick

Hypernyms ("baldric" is a kind of...):

belt (a band to tie or buckle around the body (usually at the waist))


 Context examples 


In the rapid glance Alleyne saw that he had white doeskin gloves, a curling white feather in his flat velvet cap, and a broad gold, embroidered baldric across his bosom.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)



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